Employer List

RWU Law graduates work nationwide in many prestigious law firms, corporations, judicial clerkships, non-profit agencies, and government offices.

The following is just a sample, spanning the sectors, of the many employers hiring our law students and graduates.

  • Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC
  • AmeriCorps
  • Bank of America
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
  • Bristol County District Attorney’s Office
  • Brown Rudnick LLP
  • Burns & Levinson LLP
  • Catholic Social Services
  • Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD
  • Citizens Bank
  • Colorado State Public Defender
  • Connecticut Superior Court
  • CVS Caremark
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • FGX International
  • Gunning & LaFazia, Inc.
  • Hincklen Allen  LLP
  • Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
  • LaPlante Sowa Goldman
  • Locke Lord LLP
  • Marasco & Nesselbush LLP
  • Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services
  • Morrison Mahoney LLP
  • New Jersey Superior Court
  • Nixon Peabody LLP
  • Nortek, Inc.
  • Orson & Brusini Ltd.
  • Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O'Gara LLC
  • Partridge Snow and Hahn, LLP
  • Providence City Solicitor’s Office
  • Rhode Island Center for Law and Public Policy
  • Rhode Island Law Clerk Department
  • Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc.
  • The Rhode Island Public Defender
  • Rhode Island Supreme Court
  • Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP
  • Schneider Electric
  • State of Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
  • Barton Gilman LLP
  • United States Air Force JAG Corps
  • United States Army JAG Corps
  • United States Coast Guard
  • United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • United States Department of Justice
  • United States Marine JAG Corps
  • United States Navy JAG Corps
Close Course Type Descriptions

Course Types

We have classified RWU Law classes under the following headers. One of the following course types will be attached to each course which will allow students to narrow down their search while looking for classes.

Core Course

Students in the first and second year are required to take classes covering the following aspects of the law—contracts, torts, property, criminal law, civil procedure, and constitutional law, evidence, and professional responsibility.  Along with these aspects, the core curriculum will develop legal reasoning skills.

Elective

After finishing the core curriculum the remaining coursework toward the degree is completed through upper level elective courses.  Students can choose courses that peak their interests or courses that go along with the track they are following.

Seminar

Seminars are classes where teachers and small groups of students focus on a specific topic and the students complete a substantial research paper.

Clinics/Externships

Inhouse Clinics and Clinical Externships legal education is law school training in which students participate in client representation under the supervision of a practicing attorney or law professor.  RWU Law's Clinical Programs offer unique and effective learning opportunities and the opportunity for practical experience while still in law school.